Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33329977-20180704165632/@comment-6769189-20190529212816

The claim of the novel being the complete version of 4 came from Bingo and no one else who worked on the series later. Capcom released Viewtiful Joe that featured Alastor as a character and a storyline featuring Dante/Trish/Mundus but those events arent canon to DMC. Simply being released doesnt make a work canon. The have you seen the DMC comics??

Deviations or changes that are not integrated into later entries include:
 * Dante owning Luci/Gilga/Pandora prior to 4
 * Dante finishing off corrosponding bosses with those Devil Arms
 * Trish having stolen and giving those DA's to the Order along with Sparda
 * Nero seeing Vergil in his dreams
 * Nero seeing and speaking to Vergil just prior to awakening his DT
 * Red Queen and Blue Rose melting in the Savior